Cradle



April 27, 1926. v

S. CIPRESSO CRADLE Filed May 4, 1925 wrm Patented pr. 27, 1926i.

CRADLE.

Application filed May 4.-,

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that l, SAMUEL Crrrnsso, citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Buffalo, county of Erie, and State of N ew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cradles, of which the following' is a full. clear, and exact description.

My invention relates in general to cradles .and in particular to motor-actuated cradles.

An objectof my device has been the provision of 'a motor-driven, oscillating cradle which shall be simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture.

Another obje-ct has been to provide a vice of this nature in which the shock of starting and stopping swinging movement of the cradle shall be absorbed by the use of cushioning means.

rlhe above objects and advantages have been accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, of which:

F ig. 1 is a side elevation of my complete device.

F ig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmenafiry, sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the cradle support-ing mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, side, sectional elevation thereof, taken on line 3-8 of 2.

Fig. Li is an enlarged, plan view of the actuating motor.

Fig. 5 is a side el-evation thereof.

. My device comprises a base 10 which may, if desired, be provided with casters. Carried at the top of the base, preferably a rotatable manner, is a cradle supporting yoke 11. .The side vertical members 12 of the yoke tied together near the bott-om of the yoke by means of a tie rod 18. The cradle 11i is of any suit-able design and is pivotally supported in the yoke 11 by the means shown enlarged in Figs. 2 and 3, which comprises a bracket 15 having a pivot pin 16 and a ystop pin 17. An arm 18 is carried by the r Aouter band 19 of the cradle at each side thereof and its lower end is offset, as shown in Fig. 8, where it is provided with an aperture 20 for engagement with the pivot pin 16. A stop aperture 21 is also formed in the lower end of the arm 18 which is disposed over the stop pin 17. The pivot pin 1G is provided with a hook 22 at its forward end, whereby the weight of the cradle 14 will keep the arm 18 engaged with the pivot pin 16 and prevent its sliding off the end thereof. The

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stop aperture 21 is considerably larger than the stop pin 17, whereby the cradle will be permitted to swing through its predetermined course but will be stopped if the swinging gets beyond the predetermined amount,

Carried by the lower member of the supporting yoke 11 is the motor 25. This motor is shown enlarged in Figs. l and 5, and is of the usual spring type, provided with a spring 28, suitable gearing 27 and with a crank 28, whereby the spring may be wound. The motor is provided with an operating crank 29 which is suitably geared to the gearing 2 of the motor. An operating lever 30 is pivctally carried by a bracket 31, mounted cn the motor, and this operating lever is provided at its rear end with a slot with which the pin of the crank 29 is engaged. he crank 29 rotates, the pin 32 will slide l k and forth in the slot and cause the oper. ig lever to beI oscillated about its pivot point 38 and moved to the eXtreme positions shown by the full and dotted lines in Fig. fl. The outer end of the operating W. is connected to the bottom of the cradle by means of springs rihe springs diver-ging from their point of connection to the lever 30, whereby each spring will be alternately put under' tension as the cradle is rocked back and forth by the oscillation of the operating lever.

Gbviously some modifications of the details herein shown and described may be made wit-hout departino` from the spirit of my invcntion or the scope of the appended claim.`

and l do not, therefore, wish to be limited to the exact er. bodiment herein shown and describec, the form shown being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

la ving thus described my invention, what l claim is:

jr motor driven cradle comprising a base, a cradle supporting yoke carried by the base and provided with pivot pins and stop pins, a cradle, an arm carried at each side of the cradle and formed with an aperture for engagement with the pivot pin at each side of the yoke, and each arm being also formed with a stop aperture engageable with the slop pin at each side of the yoke.

ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

SAMUEL CIPRESSO. 

